460 ODOROGRAPHIA. 



R. cxsertfA, Eoxlj., Hort. Deng., p. 14 ; Syn. Wendlandia exserta, 

 D.C., Prodr. iv., p. 41 : also of Hooker and Thomson, Flor. Brit. 

 Ind., iii., p. 37. A small crooked tree, 20 to 30 feet in height, with 

 terete branches. The leaves are opposite, ovate-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, 4 to 9 inches in length by 1 to 3| inches in width. 

 The panicles are sessile and pyramidal. Flowers J inch diameter, 

 sessile, white, fragrant. It is a native of the interior of Bengal, 

 and has been noticed particularly over the ruins of the ancient 

 city of Gour. It is found in dry forests of the tropical Himalaya, 

 from the Chenab eastward to Xipal and Sikkim, ascending to 

 4.000 feet. 



R lacida, Wall., Cat. S453. Syn., Stylocoryne fmgrans, D.C., 

 Prodr., iv., p. 377: .S'. laxiflora, Blunie, Bijd., p. 983; 8. lucida, 

 Miquel : Ceriscus frayrrms, Xees, Flora oder botanische Zeitung, 

 1825, p. 116 ; Wahlenhergia fragrans, Blume, Catalogus te 

 Buitenzorg, 13 ; Wehera fragrans, Blume, Bijd., p. 982, and Hooker 

 and Thomson, Flor. Brit. Ind., iii., p. 103. This tree sometimes 

 attains a height of 60 feet. Its branches are 4-angled ; leaves 

 elliptic, pale brown, 4 to 6 inches in length, narrowed into the 

 petiole. It is a native of Malacca and Singapore, and is 

 distributed in Java and Borneo. It is classed by modern botanists 

 as a Wehera. 



Webera thyrsoidea. 



Both., Xovfc plantarum species pra-sertim Ind. orient., p. 149 ; 

 Syn., WendJandia Xnotonia, AVallich, W. & A. Prodr., p. 403 : 

 "Wight, Icones, t. 1033: Beddome Flor. Sylv., t. 224; Canthium 

 thyrsoideum, Roemer it Schultes, Systema vegetabilium, vi., p. 207 ; 

 Ixora iiiontaaa, ]\Iiquel ; Cupia thyrsoidea, D.C., Prodr., iv., p. 394. 

 This shrub or small tree is found on tlie hills of the Deccan penin- 

 sula at altitudes of 2000 to 6000 feet. Its flowers are reddish 

 white ; very odorous. 



Wehera odorata, Roxl). Hort. Beng., 15 ; Flor. Ind., i., p. 699 : 

 Hooker & Thomson, Flor. Ind., iii., p. 102. Syn., Pavetta Weheraj- 

 folia,V)Y. in Wall. Cat., 6182 A.: Cnpia inacrophylla, De C, Prodr., 

 iv., p. 394. This shrub is a native of Silhet, Assam, the Khasia 

 Mountains, Muiieypoor, Penang and Prince of Wales Island. Its 



